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ahmad wali karza was considered by many to be the most powerful man in afghanistan. his bodyguards killed the attacker. coming up on abc-seven usenews at noon new details in the privacy scandal affecting the world's biggest media mogul. and, a facelift for a local shelter. volunteers are making major changes. but first our >> fire officials are investigating a fire that destroyed a manhattan synagogue last night. firefighter suffered minor injuries when the roof collapsed. the fire left much of the upper east side blanketed in smoke. the historic synagogue was undergoing renovations, and now the congregation wants to rebuild. >>> today is the last space walk of the shuttle missions. ♪ i love you more than the sun and the stars in the sky. ♪ astronauts are currently working to retrieve a broken ammonia pump. they will end their 13-day mission next week, marking an end to the shuttle program. >>> in britain the phone hacking scandal is widening, with more allegations being leveled against media mogul rupert murdoch. earlier today, gordon brown accused murdoch of hi
ahmad wali karza was considered by many to be the most powerful man in afghanistan. his bodyguards killed the attacker. coming up on abc-seven usenews at noon new details in the privacy scandal affecting the world's biggest media mogul. and, a facelift for a local shelter. volunteers are making major changes. but first our >> fire officials are investigating a fire that destroyed a manhattan synagogue last night. firefighter suffered minor injuries when the roof collapsed. the fire left...
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infrastructure in afghanistan or the u.s. foreign policy. wouldn't think two more years going to make a difference but there is an event if that's true there is a difference between that and saying there is no difference between leaving in three years and leaving all the troops in six months i mean there there there is a significant number of people the vast majority of the people within the state department and the pentagon who believe there will be a difference between what president obama is doing now and the alternative which a lot of people seem to want which is basically just pull the plug and leave immediately within three months older troops so it's important to make a decision it's not just about appeasing the pentagon as a before a pentagon and general petraeus one and like good a guest pointed out they one of the law much longer presence in afghanistan what the reality is we have been there for ten years but for a significant portion of those ten years it was a half hearted effort because we got this track that way a war of choice
infrastructure in afghanistan or the u.s. foreign policy. wouldn't think two more years going to make a difference but there is an event if that's true there is a difference between that and saying there is no difference between leaving in three years and leaving all the troops in six months i mean there there there is a significant number of people the vast majority of the people within the state department and the pentagon who believe there will be a difference between what president obama is...
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in iraq and afghanistan now in libya and of course that leads to an escalation of resistance of hatred of revenge and so in terms of keeping the american people safe that's a ridiculous notion but then again since nine eleven america has avoided any large scale attacks on its soil eliminated talkable qaeda leaders and enhanced its domestic security network whether these gains warrant the cost remains to be determined as america draws conclusions and learn some lessons come this anniversary my chair in a for cross talk our team. so if i'm going to and i said in london first you know ten years on. fighting this war on terror and still the term is still used and it's what are you thinking about most ten years on is the world a safer place is america safer place. well before i answer that question or not wanting to put a downer on this particular theme i think we ought to avoid falling into the you know the mistake of making out as though the events of ten years ago as tragic and as momentous as they were as being the most tragic events all the most important point of our more modern histo
in iraq and afghanistan now in libya and of course that leads to an escalation of resistance of hatred of revenge and so in terms of keeping the american people safe that's a ridiculous notion but then again since nine eleven america has avoided any large scale attacks on its soil eliminated talkable qaeda leaders and enhanced its domestic security network whether these gains warrant the cost remains to be determined as america draws conclusions and learn some lessons come this anniversary my...
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troops in afghanistan, the u.s. is currently spending $2 billion a week, and is on pace to spend i year. question, what explains general allen's seeming divergence from the commander in chief, barack obama's deadline for withdrawal by 2014 december, which is about three plus a few months, years from now. >> right. >> is it -- this commander in the field -- denying the validity of the commander in chief? >> not necessarily, more typical not announcing your withdrawal date as being vague as how long we'll be here the one thing the pentagon does to the want for the enemy to wait us out and then suddenly move in as soon as we pack up and leave. but the fact is we can't stay there forever. we are occupying the place, making progress in the tribal areas. we need to wind our effort down and turn it over to the afghans. >> you think it was purposeful disinformation on the part of the -- >> well -- >> because if you pause that sentence, he's not saying we won't be out. >> no, it will be -- >> a long period of time [everyone
troops in afghanistan, the u.s. is currently spending $2 billion a week, and is on pace to spend i year. question, what explains general allen's seeming divergence from the commander in chief, barack obama's deadline for withdrawal by 2014 december, which is about three plus a few months, years from now. >> right. >> is it -- this commander in the field -- denying the validity of the commander in chief? >> not necessarily, more typical not announcing your withdrawal date as...
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and afghanistan what's confusing and what's very indicative of this short term. policies of western democracies and satisfying because it's insurance is that the aims have been shifting constantly since success in winning in afghanistan is meant very different things as we've gone along and again with. the americans were very much focused on counterterrorism and i south was focused on sort of can't it's our been when obama came into office we started talking much more about counterinsurgency and his always broader lessons from into afghanistan and so we switched more into a steep counterinsurgency role and now because we've had success and switchback into counterterrorism success it's really i think it's more indicative yeah. i find it really kind of remarkable this only a few weeks ago a month ago depending on which saying what a success afghanistan was and now as we get to bomb a speech and the details of it you're saying there's a dire need not to pull out i mean what's going on here again it's more smoke and mirrors i mean you don't seem to have a clear pictu
and afghanistan what's confusing and what's very indicative of this short term. policies of western democracies and satisfying because it's insurance is that the aims have been shifting constantly since success in winning in afghanistan is meant very different things as we've gone along and again with. the americans were very much focused on counterterrorism and i south was focused on sort of can't it's our been when obama came into office we started talking much more about counterinsurgency...
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they are in lock step when it comes to afghanistan and the desire to get forces out of afghanistan, when it comes to libya, there is still tension. they see this as a model for u.s. european relations going forward or they can do great things working together but that america doesn't always have to take the lead. that is how the white house would like to see it. >> will get back outside buckingham palace. amongst the many issues without a handle the delicate relationship with pakistan. david cameron said it was time to work more closely and not turn away. there are questions about whether u.s. aid is having the impact and then didn't. >> since they joined the war on terror, america has given the army billions of dollars. but when he was found here, those in washington said aid to this country had the stock. but the u.s. money doesn't just go the military. it goes the civil projects as well. >> ideal growing conditions for a man does. this is a very traditional trade, one that has an injection of assistance from the american taxpayer >> funding has gone in the training hundreds of men go
they are in lock step when it comes to afghanistan and the desire to get forces out of afghanistan, when it comes to libya, there is still tension. they see this as a model for u.s. european relations going forward or they can do great things working together but that america doesn't always have to take the lead. that is how the white house would like to see it. >> will get back outside buckingham palace. amongst the many issues without a handle the delicate relationship with pakistan....
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troops from afghanistan wasn't welcomed by either anti-war activists or military officials. ok. welcome to crossfire computor all about exit strategy obama's long awaited plan to start drawing down troops levels in afghanistan is in play but is it a real drawdown or just a reduction of the so-called surge of eighteen months ago did obama capitulate to public opinion over military needs and will american and nato troops ever completely leave afghanistan to afghans. cross-talk u.s. afghan strategy i'm joined by gareth porter in washington he's an investigative historian and journalist also in washington we have sam side by he is senior director of iran programs at nonviolence international and in london we crossed the alexis crow she is a research fellow in the international security program at chapman house all right folks this is cross talk and that means cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want gareth i'd like to go to you first in washington details of obama's pullback from afghanistan are becoming more and more clear are you satisfied that it's l
troops from afghanistan wasn't welcomed by either anti-war activists or military officials. ok. welcome to crossfire computor all about exit strategy obama's long awaited plan to start drawing down troops levels in afghanistan is in play but is it a real drawdown or just a reduction of the so-called surge of eighteen months ago did obama capitulate to public opinion over military needs and will american and nato troops ever completely leave afghanistan to afghans. cross-talk u.s. afghan...
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led mission in afghanistan in pakistan today. they say a bomb attack destroyed 16 tankers carrying fuel. it took play in north western pakistan. many supplies are trucked through pakistan into afghanistan. >> family and trends of the berkeley grad are waiting the verdict in their trial that conclude one week ago. he said he hopes the verdict will lead to the release of shane and josh. they have been held on spy charges now for more than two years. the two say they accidentally crossed while hiking at a rock along with their friend who was freed last year. as soon as we have any update we will bring it to you. >>> americans may be on edge tonight as the u.s. faces it's first ever credit downgrade by a key ratings agency. it's unclear how the downgrade will effect the government and ordinary citizens. some experts expect higher interest rates if investors decide to sell off u.s. treasuries. they blamed the broken political system and the nation's fiscal plan but says the news shouldn't come as a surprise. >> we've been writing abou
led mission in afghanistan in pakistan today. they say a bomb attack destroyed 16 tankers carrying fuel. it took play in north western pakistan. many supplies are trucked through pakistan into afghanistan. >> family and trends of the berkeley grad are waiting the verdict in their trial that conclude one week ago. he said he hopes the verdict will lead to the release of shane and josh. they have been held on spy charges now for more than two years. the two say they accidentally crossed...
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not in afghanistan. not in a cave in waziristan, but in a highly developed highly populated area is where we're told this special operation played out. it would be fascinating to get more of the details. you can see how they did this. if the s.e.a.l.s went into an area like this, what a high steaks, high operation to capture and kill osama bin laden. >> if they go in by helicopter and come down on ropes you can only imagine how vulnerable those navy s.e.a.l.s might have been. go back. i want to get a sense from how far from the border they were. if those helicopters did, in fact, come from a u.s. base in afghanistan, they would have had a nice journey there. give us the big picture one again. >> absolutely. military operations on this side of fworder for the past ten years as we've asked the pre precedepress the president himself lauchbing this operation, not telling the government of pakistan. only telling them after the operation took plachls u.s. base is here. coming across the border. again, let's me
not in afghanistan. not in a cave in waziristan, but in a highly developed highly populated area is where we're told this special operation played out. it would be fascinating to get more of the details. you can see how they did this. if the s.e.a.l.s went into an area like this, what a high steaks, high operation to capture and kill osama bin laden. >> if they go in by helicopter and come down on ropes you can only imagine how vulnerable those navy s.e.a.l.s might have been. go back. i...
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today they are talking about how not to lose an old war in afghanistan and a new one in libya. >> of the talks focused on how soon they can safely get troops out of afghanistan and how they can secure victory in libya without sending troops in. it was david cameron who led an barack obama the considered and hesitated a. more than two months on, they are still in power. >> we should be turning up the heat in libya. i believe the pressure is on that regime this incredible set -- i believe we should be turning up the pressure. and we'll be looking at all the options for turning up the pressure. >> he stressed to the limits of what could be achieved given their decision. but how they would not invade. >> there will not be a lot of and the pressure that we are applying. once you rule out ground forces, there are going to be some inherent limitations. >> from there, he progressed to parliament to become the first ever u.s. president to speak in westminster hall where after hundreds of years, monarchs have been honored or lay in state. >> the former prime ministers lined up to hail a man th
today they are talking about how not to lose an old war in afghanistan and a new one in libya. >> of the talks focused on how soon they can safely get troops out of afghanistan and how they can secure victory in libya without sending troops in. it was david cameron who led an barack obama the considered and hesitated a. more than two months on, they are still in power. >> we should be turning up the heat in libya. i believe the pressure is on that regime this incredible set -- i...
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mission in afghanistan. why did start to change after nine eleven even a lot of people they had no good experience a happy heart about foreigners they had experience british ratio in the past but because the. thousands of innocent people american people has been killed and nine eleven tragedy they thought maybe this time they will be honest people and will remove this telephone from the power and they really need to honest helping hand but unfortunately remove the taliban by brought in power to foot a copy of the taliban as they are by this situation getting worse and million stop afghan by presence often suffer cows and stripes in afghanistan they suffered from injustice insecurity joblessness polity it's a truck so they foot out from this situation from this occupation and now afghanistan is the second most corrupt country and of course more than sixty two million dollars carries a story she received from the so-called international community and that the name of the construction of afghanistan in schools
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what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what we do you are a key question morning. welcome back to adam vs the man now when i was a sergeant in iraq i served in a civil affairs unit and would like to think that my little experience in fallujah gave me a certain situational awareness on foreign policy not just great war stories it's all checks of cars but then most war stories that are totally made up anyway so the discussion of always broader foreign policy strategy bring in the big downside joining me now is colonel douglas a mcgregor. out there of warriors rage the great tank battle of seventy three easti
what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what...
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. >>> a german soldier in afghanistan has been killed by a roadside bomb, another soldier and afghan translator would it in the attack which targeted a patrol near the provincial capital in the north of the country. about 5000 german troops are currently serving in afghanistan as part of the nato-led international security assistance force. 49 german soldiers have been killed in afghanistan since 2002. >>> let's go back to steve. >> we go straight back to paris for fresh economic data. the organization for economic cooperation and development says the global economy is recovering. they forecast to% growth rate this year and next. -- a forecast 2% growth rate this year and next. the german economy is expected to grow 3.2% next year. they anticipate the volume of german exports to grow more than 10% this year alone. after a long series of economic reports that exceeded expectations, a new survey of german consumers shows the mood is growing cautious. the latest survey of consumer confidence for june showed a slight decline compared with may. >> the price of commodities has put a damper
. >>> a german soldier in afghanistan has been killed by a roadside bomb, another soldier and afghan translator would it in the attack which targeted a patrol near the provincial capital in the north of the country. about 5000 german troops are currently serving in afghanistan as part of the nato-led international security assistance force. 49 german soldiers have been killed in afghanistan since 2002. >>> let's go back to steve. >> we go straight back to paris for fresh...
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troops from afghanistan. stay with us because we will be speaking with richard white, the director of the center for political military analysis. the colonel gaddafi has accused nato of murdering civilians in its bombing campaign against its forces. in a message broadcast by libyan television, first public reaction to two recent raids in which chileans died. he said that nato was telling lies by saying that it could do everything it could to avoid non-military targets. the held funerals for the victims of the bombings on monday. jeremy has sent this report. >> an hour's drive west of tripoli, nato killed 15 people here, including at least three children and two women. this man is one of colonel gaddafi's closest advisers and the owner of the house that was destroyed. two of his grandchildren and his mother are among the dead. >> nato is killing our children. youyou are a killer. >> nato pulverized the country estate on monday. close monitoring showed that it was a command center. the families say that it was
troops from afghanistan. stay with us because we will be speaking with richard white, the director of the center for political military analysis. the colonel gaddafi has accused nato of murdering civilians in its bombing campaign against its forces. in a message broadcast by libyan television, first public reaction to two recent raids in which chileans died. he said that nato was telling lies by saying that it could do everything it could to avoid non-military targets. the held funerals for the...
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intelligence gathering last year alone and over one trillion dollars spent so far on the wars in iraq afghanistan and other war on terror operations given the staggering financial costs and america's steadily declining economic power all this makes the ultimate question has the u.s. achieved the goals that it sought the war on terror has the ability to allow the u.s. to carry out military operations that since two thousand and one have taken the lives of more than a million civilians in iraq and afghanistan now in libya and of course that leads to an escalation of resistance of hatred of revenge and so in terms of keeping the american people safe that's a ridiculous notion but then again since nine eleven america has avoided any large scale attacks on its soil eliminate a top al qaeda leaders and enhanced its domestic security network whether these gains warrant the costs remains to be determined as america draws conclusions and learn some lessons come this anniversary miesha charney for cross-talk r.t. . ok if i'm going to and i said in london first you know ten years on. fighting this war on te
intelligence gathering last year alone and over one trillion dollars spent so far on the wars in iraq afghanistan and other war on terror operations given the staggering financial costs and america's steadily declining economic power all this makes the ultimate question has the u.s. achieved the goals that it sought the war on terror has the ability to allow the u.s. to carry out military operations that since two thousand and one have taken the lives of more than a million civilians in iraq...
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but to make sure that al qaeda or other terrorist bad don't use afghanistan as a base from which to attack us you anybody else so yeah who are our goal is much more limited and i think therefore one can have more optimism than one did at the previous occupants of afghanistan you yourself i think have been saying the term war on terror. was compromised it has indeed been compromised how does that marry with the you know with the terrorism threat that is not going anywhere well kerrison threat is one thing a war is another and terrorism is a technique of combat it is not you can't make war on a technique so. i think war on carers was designed to motivate the people for a maximum effort care is something that we all have to deal with and are going to have to for a long period of time it's in part a product of the modern age like television like radio people are now politicized by issues that they didn't care about before because they didn't know about and so i think it's a long term struggle against extremists who want to destroy a civilization that they can't cope with it seems that t
but to make sure that al qaeda or other terrorist bad don't use afghanistan as a base from which to attack us you anybody else so yeah who are our goal is much more limited and i think therefore one can have more optimism than one did at the previous occupants of afghanistan you yourself i think have been saying the term war on terror. was compromised it has indeed been compromised how does that marry with the you know with the terrorism threat that is not going anywhere well kerrison threat is...
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create infrastructure jobs perfect but they creating them in the wrong place is he creating them in afghanistan here rebuilding iraq now they're going to be rebuilding libya which simple is the way to solve this cutback on these the nass of wars and defense spending and repatriate the money number one and then listen to what else obama wants to do he wants to open up more free trade pacts oh great export war jobs all this sees why don't you export americans over to china panama indonesia and vietnam to do them so we have to re train should we have to stop these trade agreements that are raping america all of its resources both mental and natural so there are ways of really doing it but they're not going to do it they're all there ways of doing it hey how about this one who have the nate up the term too big to fail let the big scale just stop making the american taxpayer bail him out i'm afraid we could talk about this all night but our time is up to the publisher of the trends journal and bolts of brecht's of the tribes the search of switching your a busy we thank you for making the time to be
create infrastructure jobs perfect but they creating them in the wrong place is he creating them in afghanistan here rebuilding iraq now they're going to be rebuilding libya which simple is the way to solve this cutback on these the nass of wars and defense spending and repatriate the money number one and then listen to what else obama wants to do he wants to open up more free trade pacts oh great export war jobs all this sees why don't you export americans over to china panama indonesia and...
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mission in afghanistan. laudable start to change after nine eleven even a lot of people they had no good experience a happy heart about foreigners they had experienced a ratio in the past but because the. innocent people american people had been killed and nine eleven tragedy they thought maybe this time they will be almost. removed from their power and they really need to honest helping hand but unfortunately remove the taliban and by rotten power to photocopy of the taliban as they do by this situation getting worse and millions of afghans by presence of concern cows and streets in afghanistan they suffered from injustice insecurity joblessness polity it's a trial so they find out from this situation from this occupation and now afghanistan is the second most country and of course more than sixty two million dollars received from the so-called international community and the name of the construction of afghanistan in schools our friends were angels etc but most of the somali went into the pocket of these w
mission in afghanistan. laudable start to change after nine eleven even a lot of people they had no good experience a happy heart about foreigners they had experienced a ratio in the past but because the. innocent people american people had been killed and nine eleven tragedy they thought maybe this time they will be almost. removed from their power and they really need to honest helping hand but unfortunately remove the taliban and by rotten power to photocopy of the taliban as they do by this...
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sort of conventional propaganda in afghanistan to explain the u.s. occupation of the war there it's not working out he says that reaching a lot of people and i think you know we're we're less worried here about what taliban propaganda can do this way or that way then with what the u.s. media establishment can do they have a difficult time convincing americans that the war makes sense at this point it makes perf. it's perfectly logical that afghans have no idea why american troops are there so i think if anything we share this kind of befuddlement the war must continue and must go on he it's a we have a media system in this country that i think echoes an amplifies state power instead of questioning it and if we had i think serious reporting from afghanistan that talk afghans people might feel some sympathy toward them and wonder what exactly the point of the war is right now. the world's ice hockey community remains in mourning with the loss of almost the entire lokomotiv team after their plane crashed here in russia on wednesday forty three people di
sort of conventional propaganda in afghanistan to explain the u.s. occupation of the war there it's not working out he says that reaching a lot of people and i think you know we're we're less worried here about what taliban propaganda can do this way or that way then with what the u.s. media establishment can do they have a difficult time convincing americans that the war makes sense at this point it makes perf. it's perfectly logical that afghans have no idea why american troops are there so i...
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this is a time to build america and not afghanistan. the focus was very much on the need to help the united states. and i think that's exactly what many americans wanted to hear. i think that's also partially a result of the pressure that president obama has been under. many people in the public and in congress have been saying why are we spending so much money in afghanistan when we have roads to build and jobs to create and the economy to save in the united states. >> thank you from washington on that announcement, that 33,000 u.s. troops will be withdrawn from afghanistan by next year. and qaddafi of the forces and in the libya forces of raids that civilians died. and telling that they were doing what they could do avoid the nonmilitary target. hundreds were gathering of that bombing with this report. >> an hours drive west of tripoli came to the halt for the funeral. nato killed 15 people here. this man is one of colonel qaddafi's closest advisors, and he owned that of the family. >> you are killers. >> nato pulverized the family on
this is a time to build america and not afghanistan. the focus was very much on the need to help the united states. and i think that's exactly what many americans wanted to hear. i think that's also partially a result of the pressure that president obama has been under. many people in the public and in congress have been saying why are we spending so much money in afghanistan when we have roads to build and jobs to create and the economy to save in the united states. >> thank you from...
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world because you know we have we have now we have three countries ok we have we have iraq we have afghanistan and we have libya ok this is again it's this the perception coming out of washington western capitals is one thing but the perception has always been very different on the ground for the people experiencing these invasions. absolutely and if i may start by coming back toward john just said i absolutely concur with everything he said but on the question of whether we're safer or not i agree with him yes we may be safer because as he put it we hired more guards and more security cameras but actually if you go around ask people individually they're more scared so it's quite an anomaly of the kind of world that we've created we've fought this war on terror but we've created even more terrifying even more people on a far wider scale whilst the attack was in a particularly small geographical location we've managed to create an impact that is far reaching every single inch practically of the world and that is i think where we have gone terribly wrong as i said the very beginning there was a
world because you know we have we have now we have three countries ok we have we have iraq we have afghanistan and we have libya ok this is again it's this the perception coming out of washington western capitals is one thing but the perception has always been very different on the ground for the people experiencing these invasions. absolutely and if i may start by coming back toward john just said i absolutely concur with everything he said but on the question of whether we're safer or not i...
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you know we should get out of afghanistan tomorrow when we went into afghanistan additionally i thought that was totally warranted we were attacked we attacked back and after being in afghanistan for six months i think we had affectively wiped out al qaeda that was ten years ago so not only afghanistan but iraq we're building roads schools bridges highways and hospitals in iraq and afghanistan and we're borrowing forty three cents out of every dollar to do that and worse yet men and service women are losing their lives let's get out of iraq and afghanistan and libya to morrow ok so the next hot button issue on foreign policy is iran of course it was a major dust up between santorum and paul in the last debate over this but i want to get your response in contrast to what bachmann i've examination i sit on the house select committee on intelligence i can't reveal classified information but i can say this is present united states i will do everything to make sure that iran does not become a nuclear power. i would i would agree with the notion that we should remain vigilant to any threat ag
you know we should get out of afghanistan tomorrow when we went into afghanistan additionally i thought that was totally warranted we were attacked we attacked back and after being in afghanistan for six months i think we had affectively wiped out al qaeda that was ten years ago so not only afghanistan but iraq we're building roads schools bridges highways and hospitals in iraq and afghanistan and we're borrowing forty three cents out of every dollar to do that and worse yet men and service...
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that's because you're a former neighbor heard about the world as america's decade long war in afghanistan . published for the atrocities of september eleventh two thousand i still. want nine eleven it was beautiful. if you just joined us surround the world a very good evening from.
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economy shock so why are we still in afghanistan. the problem is a lot of these kids don't know once they get him it's hard to get out while it's lights camera and combat while the u.s. military in gauge is a young americans with hollywood films and video games why isn't anyone pressing the reset button on pentagon recruitment. and their riders without a cause at least that's what david cameron would have you believe about london's rebellious youth now the prime minister pins the blame on a quote sick society well we'll speak to that of the people of that society to get their take. on eating up thursday august eleventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy coughing up and you're watching our t.v. . well it's been a summer like no other the american economy has been in crisis our suburbs are falling into poverty schools are struggling cities are on the edge of bankruptcy and of course jobs are few and far between but congress the u.s. congress is of course out on its annual summer break now i do want to give our elected leaders so
economy shock so why are we still in afghanistan. the problem is a lot of these kids don't know once they get him it's hard to get out while it's lights camera and combat while the u.s. military in gauge is a young americans with hollywood films and video games why isn't anyone pressing the reset button on pentagon recruitment. and their riders without a cause at least that's what david cameron would have you believe about london's rebellious youth now the prime minister pins the blame on a...
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we think of pakistan as simply sanctuary for bad guys in afghanistan. to me what it shows is that pakistan is the prize, the real problem here. the terrorists that want to do us harm are in pakistan. the jihaddists want to undermine the current pakistani state. take it over and get control of the nuclear arsenal. that is where the problem is rather than afghanistan being prize of itself, a place we have otherwise no interest. the strategic proximity to pakistan, this raid could not have happened had we not had the basis in afghanistan and the intelligence that comes out of it. this is projecting power where this resides. >> bret: mara, you were there with the advisory and what struck you? >> first, a rivetting briefing . this was a risk. the president took a risk. he could have bombed the come pound. he would have had rubble instead of identifiable body. he took a risk and said he would do it hard way, navy seal way. there was a moment where they thought they were going to have a desert one or blackhawk down situation when the helicopter went down. but
we think of pakistan as simply sanctuary for bad guys in afghanistan. to me what it shows is that pakistan is the prize, the real problem here. the terrorists that want to do us harm are in pakistan. the jihaddists want to undermine the current pakistani state. take it over and get control of the nuclear arsenal. that is where the problem is rather than afghanistan being prize of itself, a place we have otherwise no interest. the strategic proximity to pakistan, this raid could not have...
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it was, is this the signal for the end of the war in afghanistan? >> it's a signal for the beginning of a transition, i think. and the question is, what is the exact nature of that transition and how far does it go? we are actually by happenstance, mere coincidence with there particular event starting a series of hearing which is will go over the next several weeks in the foreign relations committee, looking at afghanistan and pakistan. a lot of people have to stop and make a slightly different calculation today than they were making before this news was announced yesterday. >> but whichever way you look at it, senator, a very good day to be an american. and great to see the back of one of the worst terrorists in history. >> no question. no question. >> senator, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> senator chuck schumer likens the sdet of osama bin laden to a gettysburg or a saratoga and calls it a turning point in the war on terror. the senior senator joins me now. tell me what went through your mind when you heard that bin laden had been killed?
it was, is this the signal for the end of the war in afghanistan? >> it's a signal for the beginning of a transition, i think. and the question is, what is the exact nature of that transition and how far does it go? we are actually by happenstance, mere coincidence with there particular event starting a series of hearing which is will go over the next several weeks in the foreign relations committee, looking at afghanistan and pakistan. a lot of people have to stop and make a slightly...
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european countries have also outlined plans to leave afghanistan. france's 4000 troops will withdraw next month. in step with the americans . germany will cut that number. britain's 9.5000 troops that well and operations in four months' time. the foreign secretary said there is no decision on how many will bill this year. >> we will continue to assess the level of british forces based on the conditions on the ground and leading to the point in 2015, by 2015 where we will not have combat troops fighting in afghanistan. >> some will not like the idea the president is not waiting for conditions on the ground to change and he has defined -- is defying military advice. this is a slightly uncomfortable day. he is doing what the the majority of americans want my ending the war. with an election around the corner, voters outrank generals. >> european union leaders meeting in brussels have told grace that there is no plan be when it comes to rescuing the country from its debt crisis. they agreed that only through a new round of spending cuts could further eu
european countries have also outlined plans to leave afghanistan. france's 4000 troops will withdraw next month. in step with the americans . germany will cut that number. britain's 9.5000 troops that well and operations in four months' time. the foreign secretary said there is no decision on how many will bill this year. >> we will continue to assess the level of british forces based on the conditions on the ground and leading to the point in 2015, by 2015 where we will not have combat...
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the soldiers didn't talk much about why we're in afghanistan i mean they are in afghanistan because they joined because they didn't want to go to afghanistan things were done . they were quite psyched to be in combat like they joined the army most of them. they joined the army and they got into the once every three or four to really kind of hard core unit precisely because they wanted to understand what combat was like and so they didn't debate why are we in afghanistan very much it's like well nine eleven you know it's a big three thousand americans were killed by attacks coming out of afghanistan. and we had to we had to go to that country and fix it and find the people who killed america or american brothers and sisters and that's about the extent of their analysis fashion and i thank you very much for your time if you. ask john they still. like the destruction. there are is an. arab rules protests. drug trafficking. global financial system. the world is turning which will be eight speak with one voice. still below the g eight summit on r.t. . we'll. bring you the latest unsigned stim
the soldiers didn't talk much about why we're in afghanistan i mean they are in afghanistan because they joined because they didn't want to go to afghanistan things were done . they were quite psyched to be in combat like they joined the army most of them. they joined the army and they got into the once every three or four to really kind of hard core unit precisely because they wanted to understand what combat was like and so they didn't debate why are we in afghanistan very much it's like well...
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we defeated the taliban governme in afghanistan with 400 american advisors. because the northern alliance, okay, the afghans led this, okay. when they le it, we are superfluous. when they won't lead it and te ownership there aren't enough american troops to make it work. what is when we leave it will be divided by a south and north and will they be any worse off, will we be any worse off? i really don't see it. rather than fuing this massive cltoocracy. >> this is the deaf little of imperialism. we have done quite a bit of work around. if you look at the places where i mentioned this program before, 85 countrieswe talk raw sees have wristen and the u.s. was heavily involved in building capacity. we know one fact when capacity isn't there, then they just revert back to autocracy. tom's point is a real problem we're creating incredibility pendency problems in afghanistan right now, and nonetheless i think it's a risk worth taking because we know simply pulling back in most of cases does lead to authoritarianism. >> there's a reason to be that, to build up the
we defeated the taliban governme in afghanistan with 400 american advisors. because the northern alliance, okay, the afghans led this, okay. when they le it, we are superfluous. when they won't lead it and te ownership there aren't enough american troops to make it work. what is when we leave it will be divided by a south and north and will they be any worse off, will we be any worse off? i really don't see it. rather than fuing this massive cltoocracy. >> this is the deaf little of...